Facebook has removed 8.7 million images of child nudity over the last quarter, with software that automatically flags such photos.

This machine learning tool was rolled out over the last year but has remained disclosed up until now. Its purpose is to identify images containing both nudity and a child, and ban photos that show minors in a sexualised context.

A similar system was also disclosed on Wednesday, which catches users engaged in ‘grooming’ or befriending minors for sexual exploitation.

Tim Kirby was a healthy young uni student living in a share house with his friends.

They were aware the house had mould issues, but just accepted it - that is until Kirby became very sick, insomnia, headaches, fatigue and drastic weight loss.

After visiting more than 20 doctors, he was diagnosed with a little known condition called chronic inflammatory response syndrome, which ravaged his body and immune system.

2 former victims now independent politicians  are now running for Victoria's Upper House Election in next months state election

Mr Trang Chawla and Ms Lee were both sick of australia's domestic violence rates, having been victims themselves and decided to take a stand against political parties which they view lack commitment to implement recommendations to the Royal Commission into Family Violence in a meaningful way

A multi-coloured staircase in Rainbow Beach, that has gone viral and gained celebrity attention, has caused a debate between the original creator and someone who added their own touch to the piece.

A new generation of booklovers are turning to Youtube to share their reviews and thoughts on their latest reads.

Brisbane-based “Booktuber” Piera Forde has almost 32,000 subscribers, and says that part of the reason she started her channel was because she rarely saw reviews of fantasy fiction in the papers.

Coal as a energy source is decreasing in demand among the worlds biggest countries says the World Energy Council.

The demand for the source has peaked and is now decreasing says Dr Frei as China priotises its countries health in relation to pollution in matters such as air, water, soil and food whilst the US is making the switch from coal to gas.

The Doctor went on to say that demand is only going down from now, despite it being a slow move towards cleaner energy solutions

Currently, more than half of the refugee children held on Nauru have been flagged for urgent medical attention, according to Refugee advocates.

The holding area for refugees has seen a recent spike in medical admissions, which has been linked to the expulsion of Medecins Sans Frontiere’s (or Doctors Without Borders) from the island.

At the moment, there are around 50 children on the ‘open air prison’ with 1 in four of them being acutely suicidal.

Just two years after trying to ban greyhound racing, the New South Wales racing industry is expected to receive an extra $32 million dollars over the next four years.

This comes with new point of consumption tax laws, and means the greyhound racing industry will be receiving an excess of $70 million dollars from the government.

SW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet defended the changes, saying online betting industries weren’t paying their fair share of tax.

Hundreds of bees have been found dead in South Australia’s Mid North, but the reason why remains a mystery.

Peterborough local, Jason O’Connel, has never seen anything like it; he says you might sit out in the yard and see a dozen or two bees, instead of the regular 200.

Locals are concerned the bees may have been poisoned from weed killer being sprayed by a council worker, but Mayor Ruth Whittle says the council had not sprayed any weeds or beehives.